CVE-2022-22455 Privilege escalation in Security Verify Governance
IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager runs with excessive privileges, allowing attackers to escalate permissions or amplify other vulnerabilities.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22455?
CVE-2022-22455 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Governance, published on 17 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager 10.0 virtual appliance component performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. IBM X-Force ID: 224989.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22455?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Verify Governance.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22455?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-22455 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22455 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
- CVE-2025-36003 IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager information disclosure
- CVE-2023-33839 IBM Security Verify Governance command execution
- CVE-2023-35019 IBM Security Verify Governance command execution
- CVE-2022-22466 IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure
- CVE-2023-35016 IBM Security Verify Governance path traversal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5pxj-3776-8xhv.